Rough Trade is always a joy to visit, since like Selectadisc in Nottingham, they have an acute eye for good annotations on their wares. They also have some very cool posters from people seeking a place in the music biz: this one caught our eyes this time!

But best of all on the 'I take your obscure music and raise you this' stakes, came find of the day from OJ of Osaka, a visiting Japanese music maker, plying his music in broken English to the staff at Rough Trade.

We had seen the guy wandering the store, stumbling over us as we each rummaged the same shelves of interest. We had overheard his (VERY) broken English attempts to communicate with the store staff. And then this sweet, sweet music came up. Neil came over to me "this is great!" "I know" I replied " ask what it is so you can buy it".

Neil went over to ask at the desk "What are you playing at the moment? It's fantastic."

"Sorry mate, it's his" - cue gesture to Mr OJ, who promptly receives from Neil and me some very cheesy grins, thumbs up, nods of approval and cheers of "brilliant!"

And then he dives in his bag and pulls out a CD and proffers it to us! Definitely brilliant!

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Rough Trade Records shop in Covent Garden - lived in London for 18 years and cannot believe I've only been in there once. And that was to see a couple of blokes from Richmond Fontaine doing a little acoustic set. After they turned down three of my requests I said "you can't keep turning down them down" the guitarist said quite simply: "yes we can!" I thought it was quite a good response!Anyway, wish I knew even one of the artists whose music you purchased - I must be getting old, man!